BSA Sections & Related Societies

Bryological and Lichenological | Developmental and Structural | Ecology | Economic Botany | Genetics | Historical | Mycological | Paleobotany | Phycological | Physiological | Phytochemical | Pteridological | Systematics | Teaching | Tropical Biology | Midcontinent | Northeastern | Pacific | Southeastern

(* = BSA Council Members)

BRYOLOGICAL AND LICHENOLOGICAL SECTION

Chair (2009):
* Ted Esslinger
Department of Biology, Stevens Hall
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND 58105-5517
(701) 231-7338
ted.esslinger@ndsu.nodak.edu
Program Director (2009):
Karen Renzaglia
Department of Plant Biology
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901
(618) 453-3229
renzaglia@plant.siu.edu

DEVELOPMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL SECTION

Chair (2010):
*Cynthia S. Jones
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-3043
(860) 486-4150, FAX (860) 486-6364
E-Mail: cynthia.s.jones@uconn.edu
Program Director (2009):
Frank Ewers
Department of Biological Sciences
Cal Poly Pomona
3801 West Temple Avenue
Pomona, CA 91768
Ph (909) 869-4132, FAX (909) 869-4078
E-mail: fwewers@csupomona.edu
Treasurer (2008):
David Lee
Department of Biological Science
Florida International University
Miami, FL 33199
(305) 348-3111, FAX (305) 348-1986
E-Mail: leed@fiu.edu

ECOLOGY SECTION

Chair (2010):
*Diane Byers
Department of Biological Sciences
Illinois State University
CAMPUS BOX 4120
Normal, IL 61790-4120
(309) 438-8167, FAX (309) 438-3722
Email: dlbyer2@ilstu.edu
Vice-Chair (2009):
Jeff L. Walck
Middle Tennessee State University
1301 East Main Steet, PO Box 60
Murfeesboro, TN 37132
(615) 904-8390, FAX (615) 898-5093
Email: jwalck@mtsu.edu
Secretary & Program Director (2008):
Margaret Devall
U.S. Forest Service
602 Arabella St.
New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 897-2749, FAX (662) 686-3195
Email: mdevall@fs.fed.us

ECONOMIC BOTANY SECTION
(more about economic botany)

Chair & Program Director (2008):
*David M. Spooner
USDA-ARS
Department of Horticulture
University of Wisconsin
1575 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1590
(608) 262-0159, FAX (608) 262-4743
E-Mail: david.spooner@ars.usda.gov
Secretary-Treasurer (2009):
Felix Coe
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
85 Lawler Road
West Hartford, CT 06117-2697
(860) 570-9254, FAX (860) 570-9210
E-Mail: felix.coe@uconn.edu

GENETICS SECTION

Chair (2009):
Wm Vance Baird
Horticulture Dept.
Poole Agric. Center
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-0319
(864) 656-4953, FAX (864) 656-4960
E-mail: vbaird@clemson.edu
Vice Chair (2009):
Theresa Culley
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Cincinnati
614 Rieveschl Hall
Cincinnati, OH 43221-0006
(513) 556-9705, FAX (513) 556-5299
E-mail: theresa.culley@uc.edu
Secretary-Treasurer & Program Director (2009):
Kristina Schierenbeck
Department of Biological Sciences
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929 -0515
(530) 898-6410
E-mail: kschierenbeck@csuchico.edu

HISTORICAL SECTION

Co-chair & Program Director (2008):
*Lee B. Kass, Ph.D.
L.H. Bailey Hortorium
Department of Plant Biology
412 Mann Library Building
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, 14853-5908, USA
(607) 255-1052
E-Mail: lbk7@cornell.edu
Co-chair (2008)
Marissa Jernegan
Eastern Illinois University
Department of Biological Sciences
Charleston, IL 60422
(708) 606-2132
E-Mail: mcjernegan@eiu.edu
Secretary-Treasurer (2009)
Carol L. Kelloff, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program
Department of Botany, MRC166
Smithsonian Institution, NMNH
P.O. Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA
(202) 786-2518, FAX (202) 786-2563
E-MAIL: kelloff.carol@nmnh.si.edu

MYCOLOGICAL SECTION

Chair (2007):
*Darlene Southworth
Department of Biology
Southern Oregon Univeristy
Ashland, OR 97520-5071
E-Mail: southworth@sou.edu
Secretary-Treasurer (2007):
Angela M. Foster
Executive Director of the Arboretum
Mount Olive College
Mount Olive, NC 28365
E-Mail: afoster@moc.edu

PALEOBOTANICAL SECTION

Chair (2008) :
*Alexandru M.F. Tomescu
Department of Biological Sciences
1 Harpst Street
Humboldt State University
Arcata, CA 95521
(707) 826-3229, FAX (707) 826-3201
E-Mail: amt32@humboldt.edu
Secretary-Treasurer & Program Director (2010):
Michael Dunn
Department of Biology
Cameron University
Lawton, OK 73505
(580) 581-2287
E-Mail: michaeld@cameron.edu
Web Manager:
Charles Daghlian
Deptartment of Biology
University of Nebraska
Omaha, NE 68182-0040
(402) 554-2477
E-Mail: charles.p.daghlian@dartmouth.edu
Editor, Bibliography of American Paleobotany (2007):
Walter Cressler
Francis Harvey Green Library
West Chester University
29 West Rosedale Ave
West Chester, PA 19383
(610) 436-1072, FAX (610) 436-5521
E-mail: wcressler@wcupa.edu

PHYCOLOGICAL SECTION

Chair (2008):
*Kenneth (Ken) Karol
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Washington
Department of Biology
Seattle, WA 61790-4120 USA
E-Mail: kkarol@u.washington.edu
Secretary & Program Director (2007):
Charles F. Delwiche
Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
2106 HJ Patterson Hall
University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD 20742-5815
(301) 405-8286, FAX (301) 314-9081
E-mail: delwiche@umd.edu
Web Address: http://www.life.umd.edu/labs/delwiche

PHYSIOLOGICAL SECTION

Chair (2010):
*Anitra Thorhaug
Yale University
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
370 Prospect Ave.
New Haven, CT 06511
E-Mail: thorhaug@msn.com
Program Director (2010):
Frank Ewers
Department of Biological Sciences
Cal Poly Pomona
3801 West Temple Avenue
Pomona, CA 91768
(909) 869-4132, FAX (909) 869-4078
E-mail: fwewers@csupomona.edu
Assistant Program Director (2010):
Uromi Mangane Goodale (graduate student co-chair)
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Yale University
370 Prospect Ave.
New Haven, CT 06511
E-mail: uroni.goodale@yale.ecu
Treasurer (2009):
Peter F. Straub
Natural Science and Mathematics Division
Richard Stockton College
Pomona, NJ 08240
(609) 652-4556, FAX (609) 748-5515
E-Mail: pete.straub@stockton.edu
Web Master (2010):
Nancy Nicholson
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
(513) 529-5667
E-Mail: nicholnl@muohio.edu

PHYTOCHEMICAL SECTION

Secretary-Treasurer (2008):
Joyce G. Foster
USDA, ARS
Appalachian Farming Systems Research Center
Beaver, WV 25813-9423
E-Mail: Joyce.Foster@ars.usda.gov

PTERIDOLOGICAL SECTION

Chair (2009):
*Michael D. Windham
Department of Biology
Duke University
Box 90338
Durham, NC 27707
E-mail: mdw26@duke.edu
Secretary-Treasurer (2008):
Karen Renzaglia
ORDA
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901-4709
(618) 453-4549, FAX (618) 453-3441
E-mail: renzaglia@plant.siu.edu
Program Director:
David S. Conant
Department of Natural Sciences
Lyndon State College
1001 Colege Rd.
P.O. Box 919
Lyndonvile, VT 05851-0919
(802) 626-6485, FAX (802) 626-9770
E-mail: conantd@queen.lsc.vsc.edu

SYSTEMATICS SECTION

Chair (2007):
*Kathleen Kron
Deptartment of Biology
Wake orest University
Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7325
(336) 758-5321
E-Mail: kronka@wfu.edu
Secretary-Treasurer (& Program Director) (2009):
Patrick Herendeen
Department of Biological Sciences
George Washington University
2023 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
(202) 994-5828, FAX (202) 994-1938
E-Mail herenden@gwu.edu

TEACHING SECTION

Chair (2009):
*James Wandersee
Louisiana State University
ETPP Department
223 Peabody Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(225) 578-2348
E-Mail: jwander@lsu.edu
Immediate Past Chair (2009):
*Beverly J. Brown
Nazareth College
Biology Department
Rochester, NY 14618-1508
(585) 389-2555, FAX (585) 586-2482
E-Mail: bjbrown@naz.edu
Vice Chair & Program Director (2010):
Stokes S. Baker
University of Detroit Mercy
Biology Department
4001 McNichols Rd.
P.O. Box 19900
Detroit, MI 48219-0900
(313) 993-1142
E-mail: bakerss@udmercy.edu
Secretary/Treasurer (2008):
Donna Hazelwood
Associate Professor of Biology
Dakota State University
College of Arts and Sciences
Science Center
Madison, SD 57042
(605) 256-5187
E-mail: Donna.Hazelwood@dsu.edu

TROPICAL BIOLOGY SECTION

Chair (2010):
*Fabian A. Michelangeli
Institute of Systematic Botany
New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, NY 10458
(718) 817-8171
E-mail: fabian@nybg.org
Program Chair and Secretary-Treasurer (2009):
Suzanne Koptur
Department of Biological Sciences
Florida International University
Miami, FL 33199
(305) 348-3103
E-mail: kopturs@fiu.edu

NORTHEASTERN SECTION

Chair (2007):
*Larry Klotz
Biology Department
Shippensburg University
LHKLOT@ship.edu
Treasurer (2007):
Karl Anderson
46 North Childs Street
Woodbury, NJ 08096-1535
(856) 845-7075
karlanderson6@aol.com

PACIFIC SECTION

Chair (2007):
*Nancy R. Morin
The Arboretum at Flagstaff
4001 S. Woody Mountain Road
Flagstaff, Arizona 86001
(928) 774-1442 ext.104, FAX (928) 774-1441
E-Mail: nancy.morin@nau.edu

SOUTHEASTERN SECTION

Chairperson (2007):
*Lytton Musselman
Mary P. Hogan Professor of Botany
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529-0266
(757) 683-3610, FAX (757) 683-5283
E-Mail: lmusselm@odu.edu
Web Address :http://www.odu.edu/~lmusselm/

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